Liza Sulkin
[ˈli.zə ˈsʌl.kɪn]
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I'm a phonetician interested in the collection and analysis of large spontaneous speech data. A uniting feature of my work is my desire to study language as it is actually spoken and to explore the depth of variation that naturally occurs in communication. Speakers use phonetic variables as tools for identity construction, and this production is sensitive to language-specific factors such as word frequency, prosody and prominence.
I'm a phonetician interested in the collection and analysis of large spontaneous speech data. A uniting feature of my work is my desire to study language as it is actually spoken and to explore the depth of variation that naturally occurs in communication. Speakers use phonetic variables as tools for identity construction, and this production is sensitive to language-specific factors such as word frequency, prosody and prominence.
At Boston University, my dissertation research examined correlations between gender presentation, sexuality and speech, with a focus on archetypes such as butch and femme in the lesbian community (which you may have seen in Erik Singer's video). I am also interested in the production and perception of fast speech phenomena in Russian, especially effects on segment duration and quality, and how large-scale naturalistic corpus data can be used to situate Russian within the broader typology of languages with prominence-based patterns of lengthening and reduction.
At Boston University, my dissertation research examined correlations between gender presentation, sexuality and speech, with a focus on archetypes such as butch and femme in the lesbian community (which you may have seen in Erik Singer's video). I am also interested in the production and perception of fast speech phenomena in Russian, especially effects on segment duration and quality, and how large-scale naturalistic corpus data can be used to situate Russian within the broader typology of languages with prominence-based patterns of lengthening and reduction.
I'm currently working as a Lecturer in Linguistics in the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon University, teaching Morphology (80286) and Language Variation and Change (80287).
I'm currently working as a Lecturer in Linguistics in the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon University, teaching Morphology (80286) and Language Variation and Change (80287).
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liza[at]bu.edu sulkin[at]cmu.edu
liza[at]bu.edu sulkin[at]cmu.edu
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